श्रूयते स महीपालो ब्राह्मणानां हिते रतः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्मघ्नः सोऽभवत्कथम्
śrūyate sa mahīpālo brāhmaṇānāṃ hite rataḥ | karmaṇā manasā vācā brahmaghnaḥ so'bhavatkatham
Ouvimos que esse rei se dedicava ao bem dos brāhmaṇas. Como, então, ele se tornou um ‘matador de brāhmaṇa’—por ato, por pensamento ou por palavra?
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Bhrūṇa-gartā
Type: kund
Listener: Sūta
Scene: Sages emphasize ‘deed, mind, speech’ with counting gestures, pressing Sūta to clarify the precise mode of the king’s transgression.
Purity is threefold—action, intention, and speech; dharma requires integrity across all three.
Indirectly, the tīrtha to be described is the remedy for the grave fault under discussion.
No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames an ethical inquiry into the roots of wrongdoing.